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title: What did the bro have to do before the clothes, like? — Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the bro have to do before the clothes, like? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 12 · ★ · Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sul…

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What did the bro have to do before the clothes, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** do, have

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1772 «Arab Tales, The Gazelle, part 23: the gazelle wins the sultan's favour and dresses its master in fine clothes» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1772-pg641-part23/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:t12:1
# text = What did the bro have to do before the clothes, like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | the bro |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the bro *not said here* |  |  |  | before the clothes |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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have a rest and sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:t12:o1:1
# text = have a rest and sleep
1	have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | imperative | you *not said here* | a rest and sleep |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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have a wash and rub earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:t12:o2:1
# text = have a wash and rub earth
1	have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wash	wash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	rub	rub	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | imperative | you *not said here* | a wash |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wash=Patient |
| 2 | **rub** | present | you *not said here* | earth |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent earth=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
have a long bath with oil and then sit by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:t12:o3:1
# text = have a long bath with oil and then sit by the fire
1	have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | imperative | you *not said here* | a long bath |  |  |  | with oil | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient |
| 2 | **sit** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then | by the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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have a proper wash, get dressed and then rub earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1772-pg641-part23:t12:o4:1
# text = have a proper wash, get dressed and then rub earth
1	have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wash	wash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | imperative | you *not said here* | a proper wash |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wash=Patient |
| 2 | **dress** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **rub** | infinitive | you *not said here* | earth |  |  | then |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent earth=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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